A coalition of five advocacy organizations, led by Children’s Health Defense, has launched a new national campaign titled COVID Justice, calling for formal accountability over government actions taken during the COVID-19 pandemic and safeguards against what they describe as future constitutional overreach.
The campaign, unveiled through COVIDJustice.org, includes a petition urging the United States Senate to adopt a proposed “COVID Justice Resolution.”
The resolution seeks to affirm lessons learned from the pandemic response, repudiate certain emergency measures deemed incompatible with constitutional liberties, and establish binding principles for handling future public health crises.
Michael Kane, director of advocacy at Children’s Health Defense (CHD), said the initiative emerged from discussions among like-minded organizations seeking a coordinated federal strategy focused on medical freedom.
According to Kane, while the movement has found support among allies in the U.S. House of Representatives, efforts in the Senate have lacked cohesion.
He said the resolution is designed to provide a unified path forward at the federal level, particularly around issues related to vaccines and emergency public health policies.
Jeffrey Tucker, president and founder of the Brownstone Institute, helped spearhead and draft the proposed resolution. He described it as a response to what he characterized as a lack of accountability for pandemic-era decisions.
Tucker said the resolution is intended to serve as a public statement addressing what he called “the most awful period of our lives,” adding that, in his view, there has been insufficient acknowledgment or restitution related to pandemic policies.
In addition to CHD and the Brownstone Institute, the coalition includes Stand for Health Freedom, the Health Freedom Defense Fund, and the Autism Action Network.
Leslie Manookian, president and founder of the Health Freedom Defense Fund, argued that policymakers have not been held accountable for decisions made during the pandemic. She criticized vaccine mandates and other emergency measures, asserting that they caused harm and were implemented under claims she disputes.
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Leah Wilson, co-founder and executive director of Stand for Health Freedom, said the resolution represents an effort to restore local and individual decision-making authority in health-related matters. She emphasized that the campaign is non-partisan and aimed at protecting constitutional rights during emergencies.
“Emergencies are precisely when protections matter most,” Wilson said, adding that the coalition’s goal is to prevent fear from overriding constitutional safeguards in future crises.
Organizers said the timing of the campaign’s launch coincides with ongoing policy debates at the federal level, including initiatives within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr..
Kane also referenced legal action by the American Academy of Pediatrics, which he said sought to block a scheduled meeting of a vaccine advisory panel at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
He described the development as a factor in the coalition’s decision on when to launch the campaign.
Tucker argued that unresolved questions about the official pandemic response have complicated efforts to enact reforms within federal health agencies, including the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
The COVID Justice Resolution addresses a range of pandemic-era measures, including vaccine and mask mandates, lockdowns, vaccine passports, business and school closures, and alleged censorship of dissenting scientific views.
Among its proposals, the resolution calls for: A 30-day limit on national or state emergency declarations unless explicitly renewed by Congress or state legislatures.
An end to what it terms “agency-directed” hospital protocols that it claims interfered with the doctor-patient relationship.
Legal protections for bodily autonomy, religious exercise, and children’s rights during public health emergencies.
Annual audits by the Government Accountability Office of federal and state emergency-preparedness plans to ensure compliance with the resolution’s principles.
The petition supporting the resolution will remain active indefinitely, according to Kane.
While critics argue that the pandemic has largely moved into the past, Tucker contended that formal acknowledgment and policy reform are necessary before the issue can be considered resolved. He also referenced policies at the World Health Organization, expressing concern about the potential for similar measures in future outbreaks.
Wilson stressed that the campaign is not about retribution but about establishing clear guardrails for future emergencies. “This is not a partisan issue,” she said. “It is about moral clarity and ensuring that constitutional principles are upheld, especially during times of crisis.”
The coalition has called on both federal and state governments to enshrine the proposed protections into law, describing the campaign as part of a broader effort to coordinate what it calls the medical freedom movement at an unprecedented level.